Is it possible to install winforms (C #) application on the server so that when clicking on a link the user does not download the executable file, but start working with it in the browser? Googol evasively suggests that in principle it is possible, but how to implement any specifics.

  • And what do you mean by working with an executable file in a browser? Why not implement the functionality of the executable file in a browser application ? - Bald
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    No, you can not, the browser can work only with text formats (HTML, PDF, XML, etc) and plugins. All other files when prompted by the user he downloads to the computer. It is possible to interact with EXE, but for this you need to write a full-fledged server version of the application that will work on top of it on the same HTML + browser sockets. - Alex Krass
  • And where are the winforms? Winforms will not work in the browser, although there is one perversion. RDP over HTTP, but this is the kind of crap and you ’re setting it up - rdorn
  • @rdorn Winforms will not work in the browser - Will there be a WPF application? - Sergey
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    The server interacts with the EXE via the CGI / FastCGI interface, but it will simply launch it and return the result to the browser. Interactive will not, for this you have to add the application under this interface and think about the interaction. What is much more difficult to do than to do it right. You can take out the logic in a separate project, then on ASP.Net/ASP.Net MVC you will only have to implement the interface and attach logic to it. - Alex Krass

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